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Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2003
Applicants:

Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);

Michael A. Rothman, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Shaofan LI, Shanghai, CN;

Andrew J. Fish, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Mark S. Doran, Olympia, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);

Michael A. Rothman, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Shaofan Li, Shanghai, CN;

Andrew J. Fish, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Mark S. Doran, Olympia, WA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for repurposing a plurality of machines communicatively coupled together. A disk image is transferred to a first machine in the plurality of machines via a network. The disk image repurposes the first one of the plurality of machines to execute a new task. The disk image is then transferred from the first machine to a second machine in the plurality of machines. The first machine is boot on the disk image. The second machine is boot on the disk image received from the first machine.


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